2017 Gold Coast Suns season

The 2017 Gold Coast Football Club season was the Gold Coast Suns' seventh season in the Australian Football League. They also fielded a reserves team in the NEAFL.

AFL

Main article: 2017 AFL season

List changes

Main article: 2016 AFL draft

Retirements and delistings

Player	Date	Reason	Career games	Career goals	Ref.
Tom Keough	1 September 2016	Delisted	0	0	[1]
Luke Russell	1 September 2016	Delisted	73	29	[1]
Danny Stanley	1 September 2016	Delisted	88	39	[1]
Seb Tape	1 September 2016	Delisted	40	1	[1]
Nick Malceski	27 October 2016	Retired	210	75	[2]
Keegan Brooksby	28 October 2016	Delisted	14	3	[3]
Clay Cameron	28 October 2016	Delisted	23	5	[3]
Cameron Loersch	28 October 2016	Delisted	0	0	[3]
Henry Schade	28 October 2016	Delisted	20	0	[3]
Jarrod Garlett	8 November 2016	Delisted	17	10	[4]

Trades

Date	Gained	From	Lost	Ref.
18 October 2016	Pearce Hanley	Brisbane Lions	Pick 22	[5]
	Pick 67	Port Adelaide	Pick 30
19 October 2016	Pick 6 2017 second round pick (Richmond)	Richmond	Dion Prestia Pick 24	[6]
20 October 2016	Jarrod Witts	Collingwood	Pick 44 Pick 62	[7]
20 October 2016	Pick 35 Pick 43	Western Bulldogs	Pick 26 Pick 80	[7]
20 October 2016	Jarryd Lyons Pick 71	Adelaide	Pick 43 Pick 67	[8]
20 October 2016	Pick 73 2017 second round pick (Fremantle)	Fremantle	Pick 35 Pick 71 2017 fourth round pick (Gold Coast)	[9]
20 October 2016	Pick 10 2017 second round pick (Hawthorn)	Hawthorn	Jaeger O'Meara	[10]

Free Agency

In

Player	Date	Free agent type	Former club	Compensation	Ref.
Michael Barlow	8 November 2016	Delisted	Fremantle	N/A	[11]

National draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Ref.
1	4	Ben Ainsworth	Gippsland Power	TAC Cup	[12]
1	7	Jack Scrimshaw	Sandringham Dragons	TAC Cup
1	9	Will Brodie	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup
1	10	Jack Bowes	Cairns	AFL Cairns
4	67	Brad Scheer	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL
Rookie elevation		Jesse Joyce	Gold Coast	AFL

Rookie draft

Round	Pick	Player	Recruited from	League	Ref.
1	4	Keegan Brooksby	Gold Coast	AFL
2	22	Cameron Loersch	Gold Coast	AFL
Category B		Max Spencer	Palm Beach Currumbin	QAFL

Squad

Gold Coast Football Club

Senior list						Rookie list		Coaching staff
1 Jaeger O'Meara  2 Jarrad Grant  3 Matt Rosa  4 Jack Martin  5 Jarrod Harbrow  6 Alex Sexton  7 Nick Malceski  8 Luke Russell  9 Gary Ablett (c) 10 Dion Prestia 11 Touk Miller 12 Sam Day 13 Callum Ah Chee 14 Mitch Hallahan 15 Daniel Currie 16 Rory Thompson 17 Steven May 18 Trent McKenzie 19 Tom Lynch 20 Henry Schade		21 Jack Leslie 22 Tom Nicholls 23 Sean Lemmens 24 David Swallow 26 Matt Shaw 27 Clay Cameron 28 Kade Kolodjashnij 29 Brayden Fiorini 30 Peter Wright 31 Keegan Brooksby 32 Brandon Matera 33 Aaron Hall 34 Mackenzie Willis 35 Michael Rischitelli (vc) 36 Josh Schoenfeld 37 Jesse Lonergan 41 Jarrod Garlett 42 Adam Saad 48 Seb Tape				25 Danny Stanley 38 Jesse Joyce 39 Ryan Davis 40 Tom Keough 44 Darcy Macpherson 46 Cameron Loersch		Head coach Rodney Eade Assistant coaches Matthew Primus (midfield) Dean Solomon (defence) Andy Lovell (midfield) Ashley Prescott (forward) Matthew Lappin (head of development) Max Rooke (development) Brett Munro (opposition coach) Stephen Daniel (NEAFL coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Long-term injury list Upgraded rookie(s) Updated: 25 August 2016 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

Season summary

Pre-season

Main article: 2017 JLT Community Series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 19 February (3:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	0.11.15 (81)	1.7.6 (57)	Won by 24 points	Kombumerri Park, Merrimac (H)	2,174	[13]
2	Sunday, 26 February (3:40 pm)	Essendon	0.12.7 (79)	0.12.4 (76)	Won by 3 points	Harrup Park Country Club (H)	3,893	[14]
3	Thursday, 9 March (4:50 pm)	Western Bulldogs	0.16.9 (105)	4.13.12 (126)	Lost by 21 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	3,007	[15]

Home and Away season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores(Gold Coast's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ref
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 25 March (7:05 pm)	Brisbane Lions	14.12 (96)	15.8 (98)	Lost by 2 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	12,710	[16]
2	Saturday, 1 April (4:35 pm)	Greater Western Sydney	24.16 (160)	8.10 (58)	Lost by 102 points	Spotless Stadium (A)	8,022	[17]
3	Sunday, 9 April (4:40 pm)	Hawthorn	21.13 (139)	7.11 (53)	Won by 86 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	14,728	[18]
4	Saturday, 15 April (7:25 pm)	Carlton	12.10 (82)	17.6 (108)	Won by 26 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	24,968	[19]
5	Saturday, 22 April (4:35 pm)	Adelaide	13.8 (86)	23.15 (153)	Lost by 67 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	12,672	[20]
6	Saturday, 29 April (7:25 pm)	North Melbourne	16.11 (107)	14.10 (94)	Lost by 13 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	15,431	[21]
7	Saturday, 6 May (7:25 pm)	Geelong	18.16 (124)	15.9 (99)	Won by 25 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	13,648	[22]
8	Sunday, 14 May (1:15 pm)	Port Adelaide	4.14 (38)	16.14 (110)	Lost by 72 points	Jiangwan Stadium, Shanghai (H)	10,118	[23]
9	Bye
10	Saturday, 27 May (4:05 pm)	Melbourne	18.14 (122)	13.9 (87)	Lost by 35 points	TIO Traeger Park (A)	5,072	[24]
11	Saturday, 3 June (1:45 pm)	West Coast	11.14 (80)	11.11 (77)	Won by 3 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	11,402	[25]
12	Saturday, 10 June (1:45 pm)	Hawthorn	12.7 (79)	14.11 (95)	Won by 16 points	MCG (A)	27,392	[26]
13	Saturday, 17 June (7:25 pm)	Carlton	11.7 (73)	12.11 (83)	Lost by 10 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	11,936	[27]
14	Sunday, 25 June (4:40 pm)	St Kilda	14.20 (104)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 32 points	Etihad Stadium (A)	15,844	[28]
15	Saturday, 1 July (4:35 pm)	North Melbourne	18.10 (118)	14.15 (99)	Won by 19 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	12,779	[29]
16	Saturday, 8 July (4:35 pm)	Sydney	17.16 (118)	7.9 (51)	Lost by 67 points	SCG (A)	32,987	[30]
17	Saturday, 15 July (4:35 pm)	Collingwood	13.10 (88)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 15 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	17,275	[31]
18	Saturday, 22 July (4:35 pm)	Western Bulldogs	16.14 (110)	8.8 (56)	Lost by 54 points	Cazaly's Stadium (A)	9,364	[32]
19	Saturday, 29 July (7:25 pm)	Richmond	10.5 (65)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 33 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	16,207	[33]
20	Saturday, 5 August (5:40 pm)	Fremantle	12.18 (90)	10.7 (67)	Lost by 23 points	Domain Stadium (A)	27,050	[34]
21	Saturday, 12 August (4:35 pm)	Brisbane Lions	22.10 (142)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 58 points	Gabba (A)	17,772	[35]
22	Saturday, 19 August (7:25 pm)	Essendon	9.3 (57)	12.18 (90)	Lost by 33 points	Metricon Stadium (H)	16,817	[36]
23	Saturday, 26 August (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	20.15 (135)	3.2 (20)	Lost by 115 points	Adelaide Oval (A)	34,288	[37]

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide	22	15	6	1	2415	1776	136.0	62	2017 finals
2	Geelong	22	15	6	1	2134	1818	117.4	62
3	Richmond (P)	22	15	7	0	1992	1684	118.3	60
4	Greater Western Sydney	22	14	6	2	2081	1812	114.8	60
5	Port Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2168	1671	129.7	56
6	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2093	1651	126.8	56
7	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2135	2004	106.5	48
8	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1964	1858	105.7	48
9	Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2035	1934	105.2	48
10	Western Bulldogs	22	11	11	0	1857	1913	97.1	44
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	1925	1986	96.9	44
12	Hawthorn	22	10	11	1	1864	2055	90.7	42
13	Collingwood	22	9	12	1	1944	1963	99.0	38
14	Fremantle	22	8	14	0	1607	2160	74.4	32
15	North Melbourne	22	6	16	0	1983	2264	87.6	24
16	Carlton	22	6	16	0	1594	2038	78.2	24
17	Gold Coast	22	6	16	0	1756	2311	76.0	24
18	Brisbane Lions	22	5	17	0	1877	2526	74.3	20

Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

NEAFL

Main article: 2017 NEAFL season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Sydney	18	16	2	0	2350	1008	233.1	64
2	Brisbane	18	15	3	0	2138	1373	155.7	60
3	Sydney University	18	14	4	0	1948	1278	152.4	56
4	Gold Coast	18	10	8	0	1767	1528	115.6	40
5	NT Thunder	18	10	8	0	1632	1673	97.5	40
6	Aspley	18	8	10	0	1448	1805	80.2	32
7	Canberra	18	7	11	0	1158	1919	60.3	28
8	Redland	18	4	14	0	1402	1927	72.8	16
9	Southport	18	4	14	0	1257	1870	67.2	16
10	WSU Giants	18	2	16	0	1251	1970	63.5	8

Updated to match(es) played on 10 September 2017. Source: NEAFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

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